Cultivation of the vine and production of wine have very ancient origins in Abruzzi and it is likely that it was the Etruscans to introduce the vine in the lands of this region. The wine produced in Abruzzi has always been praised in the course of history, Greeks were probably the first ones to praise its qualities and soon after, they were followed by the Romans. Abruzzi is a region whose territory is mainly composed by mountains, to the west there are Apennines, of which Gran Sasso and Maiella are the most important mountain systems, and from which take origin a vast highland that spreads for most of the region’s territory, whereas to the east the region meets the Adriatic sea. It is just in the inner part of Abruzzi, in the province of L’Aquila, to the feet of the southern side of Gran Sasso, there is Ofena where the Luigi Cataldi Madonna winery is located. The winery was established in 1920 and in 1968 began an important renewal process started by Antonio Cataldi Madonna, who worked in order to plant new vineyards and to renew the winery’s structures and resources

Currently the winery is run by his son, Luigi Cataldi Madonna, who continues the important process of qualifying winery’s products by means of a working philosophy whose goal is to safeguard and enhance the specific characteristics of the territory. Ofena, the city where the winery is located, is in a mountain’s valley at 380 meters of altitude (1246 feet), to the feet of Gran Sasso, and which is traditionally called “oven of Abruzzo”. Thanks to the exceptional exposition to sun rays and to the sensible thermal variations, this area has remarkable possibilities in wine making, also thanks to the composition of the soil